Honorary Canadians

Honorary Canadians

This room is dedicated to the artists who, while not born here, made a meaningful mark on Canadian music. Whether they came to record, perform, collaborate, or simply found inspiration on Canadian soil, these Honorary Canadians became part of the story. Some stayed briefly, others put down roots—but all contributed to the cultural fabric in unique ways. From one-off sessions to lasting legacies, this is a salute to the outsiders who felt right at home in Canada.

Tracks

Artist Track Title
Ron Richardson Ooh Wee Babe Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Oscar* McLollie Buried Alive ST
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Shake a Hand Amist the Black Eyes
Oscar* McLollie The Way You Do the Things You Do ST
Country Mcdonald Joe* The Call War War War
Ellen McIlwaine Love and Devotion Ellen McIlwaine
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Theme from Canada Love Serenade
Zambonis* Boom Boom Boom To Bleed Black and Gold
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* You're My Honey I'm a Song
Priscilla* Rollins I Know Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Aarons And Ackley* Sleeping Gypsy ST
Ellen McIlwaine Keep On Everybody Needs It
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Reapers Harvest Ukrainian Pops
Ellen McIlwaine Weird of Hermiston Honky Tonk Angel
Ellen McIlwaine We the People We the People
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Like Some One In Love And I Love Her
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Can't Eat Shirley Lewis Show Band
Matt Lucas* The Nuthouse Matt Gets Blue
Cal* Bostic The Darkest Hour (Cal Bostic) Introducing...
Yukon* Genius Nova Scotia b/w Genius
Alpha Centauri Love Only You ST
David Amram The Mountain Song Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Alpha Centauri I'm a Rebel ST
Tommy Makem Vancouver Vancouver b/w Better Times
Zambonis* Leave Your Stink at the Rink To Bleed Black and Gold
Buddy Knox Hula Love ST
Ellen McIlwaine Can't Find My Way Home Honky Tonk Angel
Hopeton* Lewis Story Book Children Think Positive // Story Book Children
Matt Lucas* The Old Man The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) (There's a Lot of Different Kind of) People in the World Love Serenade
Country Mcdonald Joe* The Twins War War War
Matt Lucas* Massage Parlour Blues Matt Gets Blue
Ellen McIlwaine Never Tell Your Mother She's Out of Tune Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Joe* Glazer It Could be a Wonderful World A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Buddy Knox I'm In Love With You ST
Ellen McIlwaine Ode to Billie Joe Honky Tonk Angel
Nelson* Riddle Garibaldi Mountain British Columbia Suite
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Time After Time And I Love Her
Ellen McIlwaine Regretting Blues Everybody Needs It
Aarons And Ackley* Annalee ST
Jonathan Edwards Evangelina Sailboat
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Gospel Medley: Swing Low Chariot; Amen; Michael Row Your Boat Ashore; He's Got the Whole World in His Hands Amist the Black Eyes
Oscar* McLollie As Long As You Care at All So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All
Ellen McIlwaine Ain't No Two Ways About It (It's Love) Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Albert Jones* You and Your Love The Facts of Life
Matt Lucas* The Last Song Matt Gets Blue
Oscar* McLollie So Pleasing Loving You So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Grandpa Tell Me One More Story I'm a Song
Sidewinders A Voyage Flatfoot Hustlin'
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Jakiv Came to Visit Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra And I Love Her And I Love Her
Cal* Bostic Excessive Love (Cal Bostic) Introducing...
Nelson* Riddle Vancouver Nights British Columbia Suite
Ellen McIlwaine Come Sit Down and Tell Me Everybody Needs It
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Till You're Loving Me Again I'm a Song
Buddy Knox Don't Make Me Cry ST
Tony McManus Chalaneru The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)
Matt Lucas* Leave the Light On Baby Matt Gets Blue
Buddy Knox Hula Love ST (mono)
Ursa Major* Liberty and Justice ST
Tony McManus Donal Og - The Lea Rig The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)
Ernie* Smith Oh But If I Skareggae
Nelson* Riddle Barkerville British Columbia Suite
Buddy Knox Long Lonely Nights ST (mono)
David Amram Greasy Spoon Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Sidewinders I Like Your Stuff Flatfoot Hustlin'
Ellen McIlwaine It's Growing Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars Three Quarter Promenade Three Quarter Promenade // Presque Isle Eighth
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Verkhovyna Our Liitle World Ukrainian Pops
Ernie* Smith Wash Wash (That Lucky Old Sun) Skareggae
Albert Jones* Mother Nature The Facts of Life
Oscar* McLollie For the Good Times ST
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* King of the Cops I'm a Song
Sidewinders I Like to Dance Flatfoot Hustlin'
Ernie* Smith Money Can't Buy Life Skareggae
Tony McManus The Maids of Mitchelstown The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Black Eyes (Ship of) Amist the Black Eyes
Ellen McIlwaine Underground River We the People
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Just a Few Words I'm a Song
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Kozak Dance Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Ellen McIlwaine Losing You Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Oscar* McLollie Like to Live the Love ST
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* A Cossack Beyond the Danube Ukrainian Pops
Jack Holland You Can't Make a Dancer The Eyes of a Dreamer
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Fisherboys Ukrainian Pops
Oscar* McLollie Love Will Get You ST
Ernie* Smith Bend Down Low Skareggae
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Theme For the Countless And I Love Her
Buddy Knox Rock House ST
Buddy Knox C'mon Baby ST (mono)
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Kolomayka Ukrainian Pops
Ernie* Smith Everything Crash Skareggae
Ernie* Smith Freedom To Behold Jah
Ursa Major* Back to the Land ST
Priscilla* Rollins Cry Cry Baby Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ellen McIlwaine Farther Along We the People
Ellen McIlwaine Say a Single Word Everybody Needs It
Ellen McIlwaine Money Can't Save You Ellen McIlwaine
Ellen McIlwaine Billy Gene Fear Itself
Ellen McIlwaine In My Time of Dying Fear Itself

FEATURED

The Revelaires* - You're So Wrong b/w She Wears My Ring

Detroit, Michigan, 🇺🇸 → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

The Revelaires* - Great Pretender b/w Cab Driver

Detroit, Michigan, 🇺🇸 → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Matt Lucas* - Matt Gets Blue

Memphis, Tennessee, USA → London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

Ursa Major* - ST

New York, New York, U.S.A.

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Ellen McIlwaine

Nashville, Tennessee, 🇺🇸 → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel

Nashville, Tennessee, 🇺🇸 → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Country Mcdonald Joe* - War War War

Washington, DC, USA

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Amist the Black Eyes

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Shirley Lewis Show Band

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* - I'm a Song

Birmingham, England, UK→Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Cal* Bostic - Introducing...

Anniston, Alabama, 🇺🇸→Port Arthur, Ontario, 🇨🇦→Erie, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Aarons And Ackley* - ST

Portland, Oregon, 🇺🇸 (Jim Ackley); Cleveland, Ohio, 🇺🇸 (Chuck Aarons) - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Matt Lucas* - The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On

Memphis, Tennessee, USA → London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Tommy Makem - Vancouver b/w Better Times

Keady, County Armagh, Northern Ireland → Dover, New Hampshire, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Dover, New Hampshire, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - ST

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

David Amram - Summer Nights, Winter Rain

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸*

FEATURED

Bluebird* - Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost

Mercer Island, Washington, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Loni Gamble - ST

Philadelphia, 🇺🇸 - Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

Dave Gordon & Kay* - I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow

Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

FEATURED

Albert Jones* - The Facts of Life

Gary, Indiana, 🇺🇸 - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Alpha Centauri - ST

Priscilla* Rollins - Lover's Choice Vol. 1

Nassau, Bahamas - Toronto, Ontario

Eddie* Murray - Montreal, Canada Blues b/w Stepping High Dance

You're So Wrong b/w She Wears My Ring

Great Pretender b/w Cab Driver

The Revelaires (3)

The Revelaires (2)

The Revelaires

The Revelaires You're So Wrong (1)

The Revelaires Great Pre (1)

Matt Gets Blue

ST

Ursa Major - ST Side 2

Ursa Major - ST Side 1

Ursa Major - ST BACK

Ellen McIlwaine

Honky Tonk Angel

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel LABEL 02

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel LABEL 01

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel BACK

Ellen McIlwaine

Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

Everybody Needs It

We the People

Fear Itself

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself (6)

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself (5)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (8)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (7)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (6)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (4)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (3)

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It (3)

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